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The first of several storm cells to move through the area is over Orion Township and Auburn Hills area on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, with heavy rains following windy conditions, moving quickly through the area eastward into Macomb County.

Thousands without power after Tuesday's storms

The first of several storm cells to move through the area is over Orion Township and Auburn Hills area on Tuesday, July 2, 2019, with heavy rains following windy conditions, moving quickly through the area eastward into Macomb County.

The storms that moved through the metro Detroit area have left thousands without power as morning temperatures start to rise.

The outages are scattered throughout the area, according to the DTE Energy Outage Map, impacting Troy, Sterling Heights, Royal Oak, Southfield, the Dearborn area, and White Lake Township.

A screen shot of the DTE Energy Outage Map at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Some of the outages include:

• 1,622 customers lost power in Troy south of Big Beaver Road at 7:47 p.m. Tuesday with an estimated restoration at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3.

• 1,288 homes and businesses in Sterling Heights lost power at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and could have it restored by 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The area is at 16 Mile and Dodge Park Road.

• 1,346 in Utica lost power in the area of Hall Road and M-53.

• Along the Woodward corridor from Royal Oak and Oak Park to Beverly Hills, three outages total nearly 1,900 customers with wind damage listed as the cause. Two of the three outages occurred between 2-3 a.m. Wednesday, with the other starting at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

• In Royal Oak, 2,200 customers are without power between Campbell and Main streets and between 11 Mile and 12 Mile roads.

• In the area surrounding Dearborn, about 5,000 customers are without power in seven outages that range from Garden City to Allen Park and Highland Park.

• A large area in White Lake has left 316 without power since 3 p.m. Tuesday.

All of the outages have an estimated restoration at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, so those times could vary as work crews move from site to site.

Storm clouds in northern Oakland County on Tuesday afternoon, July 2. The storms moved west to east and knocked out power to numerous communities.